Importances

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The multiple degrees of significance associated with various subjects
2. The various levels of value and relevance attributed to different ideas
3. The range of how important someone or something is considered in different cases

Etymology: "Importances" is simply the plural of "importance", and it is the plural of a noun, so it refers to several distinct degrees or kinds of significance rather than to significance in general. The noun it comes from entered English through Old French and Medieval Latin: Middle English took "importaunce" from Middle French "importance", which in turn came from Medieval Latin "importantia". Its parts are the verb "import", used in the sense of being important or of mattering, and the suffix "-ance", which turns a verb into a noun of state or quality.

Synonyms: significances, values, weights, consequences, prominences

Antonyms: insignificances, trivialities, unimportances, irrelevances, minorities